Italy coach Luciano Spalletti on
Thursday named his preliminary 30-man squad for Euro 2024.
There is a first call up for Bologna defender Riccardo Calafiori
and the squad also features Juventus midfielder Nicolò Fagioli,
who has just served a ban for betting on matches.
There is no place for Lazio forward Ciro Immobile, who has
struggled for form this season.
The reigning European champions will have friendlies against
Turkey and Bosnia on June 4 and 9 before the tournament.
Spalletti is set to name his definitive squad on June 6.
Here is the preliminary squad.
Goalkeepers: Gianluigi Donnarumma (Paris Saint Germain), Alex
Meret (Napoli), Ivan Provedel (Lazio), Guglielmo Vicario
(Tottenham);
Defenders: Francesco Acerbi (Inter), Alessandro Bastoni (Inter),
Raoul Bellanova (Torino), Alessandro Buongiorno (Torino),
Riccardo Calafiori (Bologna), Andrea Cambiaso (Juventus), Matteo
Darmian (Inter), Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli), Federico Dimarco
(Inter), Gianluca Mancini (Roma), Giorgio Scalvini (Atalanta);
Centrocampisti: Nicolò Barella (Inter), Bryan Cristante (Roma),
Nicolò Fagioli (Juventus), Michael Folorunsho (Hellas Verona),
Davide Frattesi (Inter), Jorginho (Arsenal), Lorenzo Pellegrini
(Roma), Samuele Ricci (Torino);
Forwards: Federico Chiesa (Juventus), Stephan El Shaarawy
(Roma), Riccardo Orsolini (Bologna), Giacomo Raspadori (Napoli),
Mateo Retegui (Genoa), Gianluca Scamacca (Atalanta), Mattia
Zaccagni (Lazio).
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